Bankwest Stadium Operational Noise Management Plan
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DIRECTORS
MATTHEW PALAVIDIS
VICTOR FATTORETTO
MATTHEW SHIELDS
MANAGING
DIRECTORS
MATTHEW PALAVIDIS
VICTOR FATTORETTO
GENERAL MANAGER
MATTHEW SHIELDS
Bankwest Stadium
Operational Noise Management Plan
DOCUMENT CONTROL REGISTER
Project Number 20190042.1
Project Name Bankwest Stadium
Document Title Operational Noise Management Plan
Document Reference 20190042.1/0102A/R2/TA
Issue Type Email
Attention To Venues NSW
Steve Clark
Revision Date Document Reference Prepared Checked Approved
By By By
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION 4
2 DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR EVENTS (CONDITION D7A) 4
2.1 PERMANENT AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS 4
3 NOISE SENSITIVE RECEIVERS (CONDITION D7B) 4
3.1 NEAREST POTENTIALLY AFFECTED RECEIVERS 5
4 NOISE MONITORING PROGRAMME (CONDITION D7C) 6
4.1 EVENTS TO BE MONITORED 6
4.2 MONITORING LOCATIONS 6
4.3 MONITORING REQUIREMENTS 6
4.4 RESPONSE TO NOISE MEASUREMENTS 7
4.4.1 Monitoring Procedures 7
4.5 RESULTS OF MONITOIRING AFTER MAJOR EVENTS 7
5 NOISE MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES (CONDITION D7D) 8
5.1 HOURS OF EVENTS 9
5.1.1 Pyrotechnics Operations 10
6 NOISE MODEL (CONDITION D7E) 10
7 NOISE COMPLAINTS (CONDITION D7F) 11
8 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION (CONDITION D7G) 11
8.1 NOTICE TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES 11
8.2 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AFTER MAJOR EVENTS 11
9 REVIEW OF NOISE MANAGEMENT PLAN (CONDITION D7J/K) 12
10 CONCLUSION 13
APPENDIX ONE – 14
RESULTS OF NOISE MODELLING 14
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1 INTRODUCTION
This Bankwest Stadium operational noise management plan (ONMP) has been developed to address
Consent Conditions D7 of State Significant Development Application 8175.
This management plan exclusively addresses noise from major events within Bankwest Stadium.
Other operational noise sources such as mechanical plant and hydraulic plant have been assessed
at DA stage and will be certified for compliance with noise emission goals prior to Practical
Completion of the Stadium. This ONMP presents the management procedures, monitoring
protocols for major sporting events, concerts and events.
2 DESCRIPTION OF MAJOR EVENTS (CONDITION D7A)
The proposed events schedule as provided by Venues NSW is presented below (note: cultural events
and concerts are TBC):
Table 1 - Indicative Annual Events Schedule
Type of event – 2019 Number
NRL Competition 16
Other Rugby League matches 4
A- and W-League football 7
Other football matches 2
Rugby Union 3
Concert and other cultural events 3
TOTAL 35
As per the requirements of condition A4, 49 sporting events (excluding training and Captain’s Runs)
and 3 concerts are permitted in each calendar year.
2.1 PERMANENT AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS
Bankwest Stadium has been equipped (currently being installed) with a public address system which
is used to convey instructions and information to the crowd. This system is not implemented during
major concert events (or in a limited capacity for announcements only) and temporary amplification
systems (j-arrays, foldback, etc) will be provided by the major concerts’ artists’ audio team.
3 NOISE SENSITIVE RECEIVERS (CONDITION D7B)
Bankwest Stadium is located at 11-13 O’Connell Street, within the Parramatta Park on the north-
eastern edge of the Parramatta CBD. It is bound to the south and west by the Parramatta Park and
the Parramatta River, the Parramatta Leagues Club to the north and O’Connell Street to the east.
The Site is located within the City of Parramatta local government area (LGA).
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Site Plan
Construction Boundary
Operational Boundary
Figure 1 – Site context Plan
3.1 NEAREST POTENTIALLY AFFECTED RECEIVERS
A survey of nearest potentially affected sensitive commercial and residential receivers has been
conducted and the following sensitive receivers have been identified:
• Residential Properties between O’Connell Street and Fennell Street
• Queens Road and Park Avenue Residential Properties,
• Lichen Place and Parkside Lane Residential Properties,
• Our Lady of Mercy College,
• Parramatta Park ; and
• Grey-Headed Flying Fox camp (see Western Sydney Stadium Biodiversity Operational
Management Plan)
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This Section addresses the noise monitoring programme that records noise emissions from major
events proposed for Bankwest Stadium.
4.1 EVENTS TO BE MONITORED
The following events should have continuous monitoring conducted
• Every concert, including sound tests; and
• Two major sporting events per calendar year.
4.2 MONITORING LOCATIONS
Monitoring of these concerts should be conducted in the following locations:
• One engineer conducting Grose St and O’Connell Street;
• One engineer conducting attended measurements at the locations of any complaints; and
• Attended measurements periodically conducted at the Grey-Headed Flying Fox camp.
These locations are representative of the nearest affected sensitive receivers and noise emissions
from concerts and sporting events at these locations will be the most conservative measurements
compared to receivers with greater separation from the Stadium.
4.3 MONITORING REQUIREMENTS
Monitoring must be conducted by an acoustic consultant who is a member (or eligible for
membership) of the Australian Acoustical Society. All noise emission testing is to be conducted in
accordance with AS 1055.1-1997. All internal noise testing will be conducted in accordance with the
AS 2107‐ 1987 Clause 5. All measurements will be conducted with a type 2 instrument as per the
brief in AS 1259 Part 2 Sound Level Meters ‐ Precision.
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4.4.1 Monitoring Procedures
The following procedure should be adopted in zones attended monitoring is required. During a
concert or major event, where a noise goal is exceeded the following action shall be undertaken:
• Direct contact is to be maintained between the attended monitoring engineers and the
mixing desk of the concerts. An SMS notification shall be sent upon an exceedence of the
trigger level to the mixing desk.
• Where the exceedence of noise emission goal is minor and does not occur for a greater than
5 minute interval per hour (ie concert start and concert end) then the activities should
continue.
• If exceedences of the noise goal occur for greater than 5 minutes, the mixing desk shall be
instructed by the attended monitoring engineers to reduce sound levels or implement
additional noise management measures until continuous noise emissions from concert
activities are within noise objectives.
4.5 RESULTS OF MONITOIRING AFTER MAJOR EVENTS
The results of the noise monitoring should be presented within a report which is to be made publicly
available on the Bankwest Stadium website. The report should include as a minimum:
• Location of noise measurements
• Instrumentation
• Monitoring times
• Noise descriptors (dB(A) Lmax dB(C) Lmax
• Personnel qualifications
• Any exceedances of noise goals and a description of the Stadium noise event which resulted
in the exceedence.
The report must be made available to public on request along with this ONMP.
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Clause 90 of the Protection of Environment Operations (POEO) (General) Regulation 1997 makes the
EPA the responsible authority for environmental noise emissions from outdoor concerts, festivals
and cinematic or theatrical events using sound amplification equipment with 200 or more people.
Specifically, Clause 90(d) nominates the EPA as the regulatory body for the trust land within the
meaning of Parramatta Stadium Trust Act 1998.
However, the Protection of Environment Operations (POEO) (General) Regulation 1997 does not
provide any clear noise emission goals for the concerts or sporting events. The difficulty in
establishing noise emission goals for stadiums is noted within the EPA Noise Guide for Local
Government which states:
“There are no hard and fast rules to apply when developing noise limits for these types of
events, and what is appropriate will depend upon the particular circumstances. Typically,
unless the venue is very remote, it is not possible to establish noise limits that prevent
annoyance at every residence. However, noise limits can prevent the noise levels from being
any higher than necessary.
In the determination of noise emission goals for sporting events and concerts held within the
Stadium, a study of similar facilities with comparable design and operational principles has been
conducted. The study concluded that, with respect to acoustics, direct comparisons can be made
between the current Bankwest Stadium design and proposed operation, and that of Allianz Stadium.
The two stadiums are comparable in that:
• Both have a similar proposed crowd capacity (30, 000 for WSS and 42,000 for Allianz);
• The roof junction with the perimeter of the top seating tier on both stadiums have openings
for ventilation and light (which is a source of operational noise emissions);
• WSS and Allianz have central open apertures over the pitch;
• Both stadiums and their respective potentially affected noise receivers are located in similar
ambient acoustic environments; and
• The stadiums have almost identical operating principles, in that the stadiums will primarily be
a venue for sporting events, with periodic concerts and other events.
Given the similarities, and the fact that Allianz has a history of operating successfully in proximity to
residential properties, it is proposed that the Allianz Stadium noise management goals as presented
within the Allianz Stadium Noise Management Plan (January 2017, prepared by ERM) be established
as noise management levels for Bankwest Stadium.
As a result, the following noise management levels have been developed for the surrounding
residential properties:
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Event Compliance Noise Source Noise Noise
Location Management Management
Level dB(A) Level dB(A)
LAmax LCmax
Surrounding
Amplification
Sporting Event Residential 60 N/A
Equipment
Receivers
Surrounding
Concerts & Sound
Residential All 80 100
Tests
Receivers
5.1 HOURS OF EVENTS
The following hours of operation are envisaged for the Bankwest Stadium:
Table 3 – Expected Hours of Operation
Event / Activity Hours of Operation Comments Number of Events
Extension of hours to
midnight may be
Three concerts per
considered acceptable
calendar year as per
Concerts 12:00pm – 10:30pm if concert delays are
the Bankwest Stadium
outside of the control
Project Brief
of the Bankwest
Stadium Trust.
Sound tests associated
with concerts should
Sound tests 10:00am – 7:00pm N/A be restricted to the
day of the proposed
concert
Separate applications
Extension of hours of
should be submitted to
fireworks to 12:15am
the EPA for each event
may be considered to
Pyrotechnics 10:00am – 10:30pm proposing the use of
be acceptable on NYE
aerial pyrotechnics to
given the cultural
be ignited or erupt
significance.
above the roof line.*
Sporting Events 10:00am – 10:30pm N/A See Section 2
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A separate specific application should be made for any pyrotechnics which are proposed to be
ignited at or above the highest seating tier. In the absence of a specific assessment / application for
pyrotechnics, these are to be limited from igniting at or above the highest seating tier.
Given the nature of pyrotechnics, any ignition of fireworks above the seating tier is expected to
exceed any traditional noise emission goals, and should be limited to special events (New Years Eve,
Australia Day, Easter) as there are no practical acoustic treatments which can be implemented to
reduce noise from fireworks ignited above the highest seating tier.
6 NOISE MODEL (CONDITION D7E)
A noise model of major events has been prepared by this office and the results which were prepared
and submitted at Development Application Stage are presented in Appendix One. Noise predictions
have been conducted using the SoundPlan noise modelling software. Noise propagation was
determined using ISO 9613-2:1996 “Acoustics – Attenuation of Sound During Propagation Outdoors
– Part 2: General Method of Calculation” noise propagation standard.
Figure 2 – SoundPLAN Bankwest Stadium Noise Model
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Noise complaints during concerts and major sporting events should be managed as follows (as
detailed within the Operational Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment prepared during the Stage
2 submission):
• A Noise Management Hotline should be made available to the public for lodgement of noise
complaints. The hotline should notify without delay the acoustical consultants carrying out
measurements of noise, who should immediately follow complaints with noise
measurements carried out at locations of complainants (see Section 4.4.1)
• A register of all noise complaints received during noisy events should be maintained including:
o The date and time each complaint was received
o How the complaint was received
o The contact details of the person lodging the complaint, including the street
address.
This register must be maintained and updated by Bankwest Stadium.
8 COMMUNITY CONSULTATION (CONDITION D7G)
The following community consultation should be undertaken (as detailed within the Operational
Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment prepared during the Stage 2 submission):
8.1 NOTICE TO THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES
• Notify all residential premises within 1 kilometre of Parramatta Stadium and the residential
premises listed in this ONMP of any planned noisy events by a letterbox drop at least 30 days
before the events.
It is recommended the notice to the residential and commercial premises advise of:
o Nature (description) and size of (expected crowd attending) a major event;
o Date and time (duration) of the event, including preliminary practice sessions
and/or rehearsals;
o A hotline (telephone number) for lodgement of noise complaints;
o This ONMP available on Bankwest Stadium’s website; and invite post-event
feedback.
8.2 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AFTER MAJOR EVENTS
Occupiers of the residential and commercial premises are able to express their opinion on the
impact of noise emanating from noisy events held at WSS and provide suggestions on minimising
the impact through letter box drops.
This ONMP should be made publicly available on a website alongside information on upcoming
major events.
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A regular review and update the Operational Noise Management Plan should be conducted each
calendar year, taking into account:
• Complaints regarding noise;
• The results of the active attended noise monitoring and reporting;
• Recommendations from acoustic engineers engaged in monitoring of noise during the
events;
• Results of all community consultation; and
• Any other community reaction (via emails or phone calls to Bankwest Stadium)
During the annual review, if there is found to be regular, continuous exceedances of the operational
noise management levels during major events, the location of temporary sound reinforcement
should be reviewed.
Whilst achieving the main audio objectives of the main event the following techniques could be
investigated for major event temporary sound reinforcement system in the event of exceedances
of noise emission goals:
• Relocation of temporary equipment to a location further from residents (noting that this is
likely to have a limited impact as the sound reinforcement system is ideally engineered to
fill the entire stadium equally).
• Use of directional loudspeakers with less “spill” than traditional J arrays (subject to main
event’s artist’s requirements for sound distribution).
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An operational noise management plan (ONMP) has been prepared for Bankwest Stadium. Noise
emissions from Bankwest Stadium have been assessed and managed as follows:
• All major concerts (up to three per calendar year) and two major sporting events are to
have a regime of attended monitoring conducted at two locations
• The results of this monitoring are to be reported and any exceedance of the formulated
noise emission goals is to be reported with identification of the Stadium noise source
reported.
• The monitoring reports are to be made publicly available on the Bankwest Stadium website.
• Community notification is to be undertaken before major events.
• This noise management plan should be updated regularly in response to both the active
attended monitoring results and the community response.
We trust this information is satisfactory. Please contact us should you have any further queries.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas Aubusson MAAS
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RESULTS OF NOISE MODELLING
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